Satellite Cloud Product
NESDIS produces a Satellite Cloud Product (SCP) that supplements the ASOS ceilometer readings. This page merges the SCP data with the METAR observations for a given UTC date. Cloud level values are presented in feet above ground level. ECA represents estimated cloud amount expressed in percentage. An IEM Web Service provided the following JSON dataset for this page. Data is available for some sites back to 1993.
SCP Valid UTC | METAR Valid Local | Satellite East Sounder | Satellite West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
2350Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 8 | SCT@9000 | KAXV 030455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT090 21/17 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 10 | SCT@9000 | KAXV 030555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT090 20/17 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 16 | CLR | KAXV 030655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | SCT@8500 | KAXV 030755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT085 20/17 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAXV 030855Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAXV 030955Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAXV 031055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAXV 031155Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3001 RMK AO2 |